Challenge Met!

 

I've spent most of the weekend marathon watching Downton Abbey. As I type, I've got a few more minutes of Season 3, Episode 6...one to go. (BTW, I love it!). But I've got to say, someone made a comment in my FB page about how sad the ending of this season is, so now I cringe at every little possible chance for someone to die ... hit in the head with a cricket ball... James hanging himself....Thomas killing Mr. Bates....Alfred killing Thomas...although with Sybil's death, I don't know how much sadder it can get..oh wait...we can kill off Matthew...yep, that's probably it---CRINGE!

Anyway....enough of the Downton obsession..

The challenge piece is done. My favorite part is two-tone border/binding.

 

There's some bead trim.

 

And some couching.

And some metallic thread.

 

Which didn't yield the most consistent quilting.

 

But it's done, just needs a label.

 

Enjoy your week!

 

 

A Little Less Challenging Now, Wouldn't You Say?

Most of today was spent in the studio playing with the 'Challenge' quilt. This is what's on the design board right now, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. In fact, I'm feeling downright righteous about this piece.

I hope to finish this puppy up tomorrow and move on to scalloping Vintage Rouge borders (unbelievably, the scallop template arrived in the mail on Thursday--hats off to the US Postal Service).

I took a well-deserved break tonight. Once the hubs came back from an afternoon golfing, I was reassured that he could fend for himself with leftovers in the fridge, while keeping a watchful eye on the 3 dogs currently in residence (Ricky's spending Spring Break with the grandparents) and I took off with my neighbor (also a quilter) on a Powerball ticket run (girl's gotta find some way to pay for a long-arm), which turned out be an exercise in futility (I did not win). Afterwards, we decided to grab dinner and a couple of Brewskis since we were out. That was fun distraction from the work at hand.

We picked up a couple of chocolate eclairs at the grocery store bakery on our way home, and retired to her house to gorge ourselves on the eclairs and wash them down with a bottle of Cupcake Red Velvet wine. Oh, and we talked quilting smack all night. All in all, a lovely girls' night out, and an opportunity for some down time.

Tomorrow I need to kick it back into gear...quilting, cleaning, cooking, 'taxing'. No rest for the wicked, for sure.

Hope you're able to enjoy a relaxing Palm Sunday and take some time to do what refreshes and rejuvenates you.